<p>We moved to a new local, the new high school has taken my son's 3.85 GPA 4.0 scale) and says it converts to a 2.63 GPA on a 6.0 scale. Has anyone ever heard of this? I am afraid to ask for his transcripts to be sent to any colleges! What's worse is this "conversion" doesn't even yet include any of his classes at his new HS, this is a straight conversion of his past HS 3.85 GPA. We're confused! Our son is no dummy, he's in AP Chemistry in the new HS and is getting A's in his calc course. Thanks...</p>
<p>The only classes at my highschool that someone can get a 6.0 in are AP classes on the weighted scale. Normal classes are 4.0, honors are 5.0 and AP is 6.0. I don't think your son's school did that the right way though. I would complain!</p>
<p>It seems to me that your new school did the math wrong.
The ratio of 2.63/4 is roughly the same as 3.85/6. It seems the school put his old school GPA in the new school program to change his old school GPA.
What the school wanted to do was equate 3.85/4 to x/6.
I get 5.82.
Go in and have them show you the math.</p>
<p>As an aside, when my S changed HS, his old courses were included as transfer courses in the new schools transcript but only courses taken at the new school were reflected in the new school's GPA.</p>
<p>The conversion has nothing to do with the ratios in the previous post. It is not that simple. You have to look at the classes from previous years and determine if they are honors, AP classes. Did the previous high school weight the harder classes? Go through past grades and try calculating it yourself to determine the what you think is correct. It never hurts to ask the school to look it over.</p>
<p>Complain to the school. Ask them for a detailed report of this, because there is a 99% chance they screwed up big due to negligence. Many public schools nowadays are very crappily run so this sort of thing is expected</p>